Do you know your neighbors?
Do you feel connected to the DeSoto Community? Have you ever attended a DeSoto Dining and Dialogue Dinner event? If your answer to any of these questions is no, please take this as personal invitation to attend our next free dinner event on April 27, 2013. Adults who live or work in DeSoto and care about our community are encouraged to attend. High School students and their parents are also welcome to attend. We offer 5 hours of Community Service Credit for students who attend because their input is vital to the program. As a guest, all you have to do is attend and join in on the discussion. Repeat guests are also welcome. Please register your attendance by following the link below:

various locations around DeSotoDeSotoTX75115

A Lesson Before Dying - presented by African American Repertory Theater

A Lesson Before Dying - presented by African American Repertory Theater2013-04-27T14:30:00

Bayonne, Louisiana, 1948.
Jefferson, a young African-American man, receives the death penalty for a crime he did not commit. In an attempt to sway a group of all white jurors, his attorney calls him a hog - forever changing Jefferson’s sense of self-worth. Desperate to rescue her godson from the prison of self-hatred, Miss Emma calls on the local school teacher, Grant Wiggins to teach Jefferson what it means to be a man, before he dies. But Grant struggles with his own demons and wants to flee, rather than face his fears in the eyes of a condemned man. But the women in Grant’s life won’t let him run.
Show runs weekends beginning April 5 - 28, 2013. Friday and Saturday Evening Shows at 7:30pm, $25. Saturday and Sunday Matinee Shows at 2:30pm, $20. Preview Show: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 7:30pm, $12.

Event LocationDeSoto Corner TheatreDeSotoTX75115

A Lesson Before Dying - presented by African American Repertory Theater

A Lesson Before Dying - presented by African American Repertory Theater2013-04-27T19:30:00

Bayonne, Louisiana, 1948.
Jefferson, a young African-American man, receives the death penalty for a crime he did not commit. In an attempt to sway a group of all white jurors, his attorney calls him a hog - forever changing Jefferson’s sense of self-worth. Desperate to rescue her godson from the prison of self-hatred, Miss Emma calls on the local school teacher, Grant Wiggins to teach Jefferson what it means to be a man, before he dies. But Grant struggles with his own demons and wants to flee, rather than face his fears in the eyes of a condemned man. But the women in Grant’s life won’t let him run.
Show runs weekends beginning April 5 - 28, 2013. Friday and Saturday Evening Shows at 7:30pm, $25. Saturday and Sunday Matinee Shows at 2:30pm, $20. Preview Show: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 7:30pm, $12.